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Competition Entries

1. In order to enter the Competition, an Eligible Participant must: Place a real money bet on any race at Gold Coast that results on January 12, 2019.

Determination of winners

1. Eligible Entrants are those customers to have place a bet on a Gold Coast thoroughbred race that results on January 12, 2019. A winner will be drawn from all Eligible Entrants by an automated randomiser at 16:00 on 16 January, 2019 at Level 27, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne.

General

1. This is a game of chance. Winner will be drawn by an automated randomiser at 16:00 on 16 January, 2019 at Level 27, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne.

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THREE-TIME Group 1 winner Happy Trails and exciting talent Alpine Eagle will clash for the first time in Saturday’s $500,000 Group 1 Makybe Diva Stakes in Melbourne.

The South Australian pair are progressing towards the $3 million Cox Plate at Moonee Valley on October 24 and are among 22 nominations for the 1600m Flemington feature.

Alpine Eagle makes his Melbourne return for the first time since finishing runner-up in the Australian Guineas back in February. He ran a slashing first-up second in the Spring Stakes at Morphettville on August 22.

Zahra rode Alpine Eagle for the first time in a track gallop on Saturday and the horse has pleased McEvoy since his first-up run.

Likewise Morphettville trainer Paul Beshara said Happy Trails had come through his luckless outing in the Group 1 Memsie Stakes at Caulfield 10 days ago in good order.

The horse had no luck from a tricky barrier when 12th behind Boban and Beshara said he was looking forward to seeing Happy Trails back at the track that had netted his three Group 1 victories.

“The horse is well,’’ Beshara said.

“He’ll have a gallop here in the morning (Tuesday) and I can’t wait for him to get back to Flemington.

“Bossy (Glen Boss, jockey) said the horse would have finished a lot closer if a run had come the other day but he didn’t want to knock him around.’’

Alpine Eagle was installed an $8 chance in the race and Happy Trails at $11 with Memsie Stakes winner Boban a clear-cut $4.40 favourite with tab.com.au.

Beshara said stablemate Richie’s Vibe pleased jockey Craig Newitt at his first Melbourne run this campaign and said the horse would have another crack at 1400m after he finished his race off smartly at Caulfield.

“Craig said another stride and he runs second the other day,’’ Beshara said.

“He thinks the horse is really looking for the 1400m, so now so he’ll run in The Sofitel (1400m) on Saturday.’’

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Shiraz clocked the fastest final 600-metres at Randwick on Saturday but the fastest final 200-metres went to a Group I winner which resumed in the Group II Tramway Stakes (1400m).

Lucia Valentina caught the eye flashing through the ruck to finish sixth in the Group II Tramway and the sectional times confirm what a terrific return it was.

The dual Group I winner from the Kris Lees stable clocked 11.52 seconds for the final 200-metres.

That split was marginally quicker than the final 200-metres of Tony McEvoy’s in-form six-year-old Shiraz, clocking 11.54 seconds.

An interesting final sectional came in the Group II Chelmsford Stakes (1600m) with Chris Waller’s evergreen 10-year-old I’m Imposing finishing ninth behind Complacent but clocking the fastest splits, with a final 600-metres of 35.22 seconds and a final 200-metres of 11.78 seconds.

Below is a table summarising the fastest final 600-metres and 200-metre splits at Randwick on Saturday.

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Shiraz has skipped away with ease to take out the Tab.com.au Handicap (1100) at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday.

With plenty of speed engaged, the old grey warrior Zaratone took up the lead as expected ahead of Howmuchdoyouloveme Horseform and Brook Road Horseform.

Zaratone Horseform, who led to the turn fought on well in the straight and at one stage looked likely to steal the race until Shiraz, ridden by Jason Collett burst out of the pack.

Having bided his time back in the field, the Tony McEvoy-trained runner swept to the lead at the 150m and ran out an easy 1.5L winner, with Zaratone and the fast finishing Casual Choice sharing the spoils for second.

Shiraz Horseform was resuming off some very good form last campaign and no doubt pleased McEvoy who will be looking to step the son of Zariz up in trip.

“Very impressive, I have a lot of time for the horse,” said Tony McEvoy.

“I thought Jason rode him very cool and presented him beautifully.

“Coming into the race I was worried about the ground he had never been on it and even though he trialled on it at Hawkesbury trials are trials but he really impressed me today.

“He has a great winning culture and is on the minimum today and we are in July but I am a real fan of the horse.

“He has won at 1400m before but he is an aggressive horse so I think that’s his limit, I would love to see him relax a bit more and get a mile but there are plenty of races over 1400m.

Jason Collett who brought up his first win of the day said the win came very easily for the horse.

“We had to make a bit of room and angle myself outwards but once we were in the clear he did it easily, the stick wasn’t needed.